Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship
Amazon
Opens laterRenews each year
up to $40,000 ($10,000/yr for four years, based on unmet need) + paid Amazon internship
- How much
- up to $40,000 for a computer science degree (unmet need up to $10,000 per year, for four years) + paid summer internship at Amazon
- Who qualifies
- US high school senior currently enrolled in or who has completed a HS or dual-credit computer science course (or passes Amazon's opt-in assessment); substantial financial need; minimum 2.3 GPA; plans a bachelor's in an eligible major at an accredited 4-year college, or a 2-year college with intent to transfer.
- For high school seniors
- For computer science, computer engineering, software engineering students
- Authorized to work in the US (US citizen, permanent resident, or Employment Authorization Document holder)
- Need-based: your FAFSA decides how much you get.
- When to apply
- Opens later annual; next cycle not yet announced as of 2026-10-05 (page says 2025-2026 applications are closed); historically opens in the fall/winter of senior year
- How to apply
- Online application when the cycle opens (sign up on amazonfutureengineer.com for the opening notice)
- Applicants without a CS course can opt into an Amazon assessment
- Questions go to AmazonFutureEngineer@ScholarshipAmerica.org
- Last checked
- October 5, 2026, against the official page (amazonfutureengineer.com)
The details
Covers the student's unmet financial need up to $10,000 per year; renewable for up to three additional years (or until a bachelor's degree is earned) with continued full-time enrollment and good standing. Winners get a paid summer software-engineering internship at Amazon. Administered with Scholarship America. Award count per cycle is not stated on the official page.
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